11 of the best, and the most unusual, Raspberry Pi cases

Bramble Pi

If you wanted a classy wooden case, but didn’t want to have to make it yourself, you can simply order a Bramble Pi for around $16. The case comes with four walls, a bottom and a top, and only requires that you snap them together around your Raspberry Pi. The Bramble is lasercut out of birch plywood. It has a couple vents for cooling purposes, and doesn’t require screws or glue to put together.

Cigarette box

This is most likely the easiest do-it-yourself Raspberry Pi enclosure. Simply shove the unit into the empty cigarette box, and laugh at what you just did. There most likely isn’t a way to actually prove that someone shoved a Rapberry Pi into a cigarette box, but either way, they put it up on eBay and were pretty funny about it: “Made entirely from recycled materials, this wonderful designer sheaf will bring your new Raspberry Pi computer to life. This special casing has a foil backed paper lining which may or may not stop your weirdly small computer from bursting in to flames.”

You can no longer purchase the item on eBay, but it wouldn’t be very difficult to try to make your own.

FreakyShape’s 3D-printed case

FreakyShape has a couple different 3D-printed cases, one a little more angular than the other. The case is designed to offer the most amount of protection for the Pi, while maintaining an attractive aesthetic and cutting costs. Because the case is 3D-printed, it’s not limited to just one color, and can be created in another one if you aren’t too fond of white plastic for tech products. The newer version of the enclosure has slits for venting purposes, and holes for LEDs to shine through. You can order one of your own over on Shapeways, but the case is a little more expensive than the cheaper Pi Model A, and less than one dollar cheaper than the more powerful Model B. If you’re tied down by an extremely thin budget, you might want to consider buying a case that’s as expensive as the actual computer housed within.